Wedding night in jail for DUI arrest
The couple in the story featured below was arrested for DUI in Houston, Texas on their wedding day, and ended up spending their wedding night in jail. Now they are mad, and threatening legal action over a photo that was taken of the bride in her wedding dress and then published.
The ironic thing is that the basis for the threatened litigation appears to be the humiliation that she felt when it was made public. By beating the threat drum, she is causing much more attention. For example, I never heard about this until this article.
9NEWS.com | Colorado's Online News Leader | Couple threatens to sue over wedding night DUI arrest: "HOUSTON - A couple arrested on their wedding day plan to take legal action against the law enforcement officers who arrested and jailed them.
Billy and Jade Puckett were arrested in a driving while intoxicated crackdown.
They ended up spending their wedding night in jail.
Billy Puckett pleaded no contest to a DWI charge and received a probated one-year sentence.
The couple filed a complaint with the Harris County Precinct 8 Constable's Office and plans to file another with the federal government over the way Jade Puckett was allegedly treated while in jail.
The couple said a photographer was allowed to take a picture of her in her wedding dress.
The photograph appeared on the Internet and on television.
'Yes, I spent my time in jail,' Jade Puckett said. 'What I do not deserve was to have my face being exploited and my career being exploited for the promotion of the law enforcement.'
'This is an aberration of my wife and I's wedding night. I have stood up and taken responsibility for my actions. Now I expect law enforcement to do the same thing,' Billy Puckett said.
'I was horrified. It's not any girl's dream to spend her night in jail,' Jade Puckett said."
Billy Puckett pled guilty to DUI, but the questions is, what does the couple really want to get from the police who (according to the guilty plea) rightfully arrested him?
This was obviously a novel thing for law enforcement officers at the jail. It appears that there was no allegation of sexual misconduct. Learn more about Texas DWI law.
